Messi keen to reunite with attacking star but chances of deal fading – report

Lionel Messi is reportedly keen to reunite with Neymar at Barcelona and has been regularly contacting the Brazilian in an effort to push the deal through, according to reports.

Neymar left the Camp Nou for Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017, but his career at the Parc des Princes to date has stuttered due to injury problems and the 27-year-old has been linked with a return to Catalonia.

According to Spanish publication AS, Messi has been phoning his former teammate in an effort to accelerate the chances of a deal being struck between the two clubs.

However, another report from Catalan outlet RAC1 says that PSG gave Barca a deadline of 12pm on Friday to come up with an acceptable offer, otherwise the chances of the move happening would fade.

RAC1 also reports that Juventus are outsiders in the hunt for Neymar.